Gettysburg Fun Facts Part B

Robert E Lee graduated 2^nd in his class at West Point (class of 1829). The man who graduated 1^st (Charles Mason) never joined the military. He became an executive with the railroads that aided the Union.

The sniper unit Berdans Sharpshooters consisted of 482 men, during the battle they fired over 14,400 rounds

New York placed 128 monuments of Gettysburg battlefield, surpassing Pennsylvania which placed 123

The house that served as Robert E Lee's headquarters was owned by Congressman Thaddeus Stevens, who rented it to a widow named Mary Thompson who lived there during the time of the battle.

Before the Civil War Union Gen. Dan Sickles shot and killed the son of Francis

Scott Key in Lafayette Park in Washington DC. Keys son was having an affair with Sickles wife. Sickles was acquitted of the murder by using the "Not guilty by reason of insanity" defense, becoming the first person in the country to successfully use the defense.

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